Full-day nursery in St John's Common, West Sussex
Little Explorers - Royal George Road
Burgess Hill Children & Family Centre, Royal George Road, Burgess Hill, RH15 9SL · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Good
- Quality of educationGood
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Leadership and managementGood
- SafeguardingEffective
What does this mean?
This grade is from before November 2025, when Ofsted replaced single grades with report cards. The nursery's next inspection will give a report card, with a separate grade for each area instead of one overall grade.
Official records
- Ofsted registrationRegistered since November 2022Reference 2714406Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 8 August 2023Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places40 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 19 February 2026Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Burgess Hill Children & Family Centre, Royal George Road, Burgess Hill, RH15 9SL · More nurseries in RH15
Stations
- Burgess Hill23 min walk · 0.9 miles
Buses
12 bus stops within 400 m, including The Gattons, Condor Way and Denham Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground4 min walk
- St John's Park9 min walk
- West End Farm Recreation Ground11 min walk
- Playground6 min walk
- Playground6 min walk
- Playground6 min walk
NaPTAN, Department for Transport, checked 13 November 2026 · © OpenStreetMap contributors, checked 13 November 2026. Walking times are rough, from straight-line distance.
Places and next steps
Spaces: not published yet. Nurseries often fill months ahead, so ask early.
In West Sussex there are about 2.7 children under 5 for every registered nursery place. Places are how many children nurseries may care for, not free spaces, so this is a guide to demand. Source: ONS Census 2021.
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Little Explorers - Royal George Road is a full-day nursery at Burgess Hill Children & Family Centre, Royal George Road, Burgess Hill, RH15 9SL, in St John's Common, West Sussex. It is registered for 40 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in August 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 1 review (October 2026). It is run by MKM Childcare Limited.
Run by MKM Childcare Limited (company), which runs 3 nurseries.
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| Little Explorers - Royal George RoadThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- The Gattons Infant School Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: Goodinspected May 2024 under 0.1 miles
- Southway Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected January 2025 0.2 miles
- St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected February 2023 0.5 miles
- Hambrook School ages 5–18 0.6 miles
- Sheddingdean Community Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.7 miles
- Woodlands Meed ages 2–19Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected October 2023 0.8 miles
- London Meed Community Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected May 2023 0.9 miles
- West Sussex Alternative Provision College ages 5–16Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected May 2024 0.9 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
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What is Little Explorers - Royal George Road's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Little Explorers - Royal George Road Good at its inspection on 8 August 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Little Explorers - Royal George Road take?
Little Explorers - Royal George Road is registered with Ofsted for up to 40 children at any one time.
Who runs Little Explorers - Royal George Road?
Little Explorers - Royal George Road is run by MKM Childcare Limited, which runs 3 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Little Explorers - Royal George Road?
Burgess Hill is the nearest station we know of, 0.9 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Little Explorers - Royal George Road?
You can call 01444 675254 and visit www.littleexplorersnurseryandpreschool.co.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 30 October 2026
- Schools: DfE Get Information about Schools · 4 November 2026
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Department for Education data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right; contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right.
- Contains Department for Transport NaPTAN data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors
- Food hygiene rating from the Food Standards Agency, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Read reviews on Google
Last checked 30 October 2026 · Ofsted URN 2714406 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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